1. “Ahmet Güneştekin: New Works” at Marlborough Gallery
Marlborough presents new works by the Turkish artist Ahmet Güneştekin. Working across a variety of mediums, including textiles, ceramics, metal, and oil on canvas, the artist explores symbolism, graphics, and color. He draws his influences from a myriad of sources such as the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Anatolia, combined with elements of Turkish folklore and Greek mythology. The show is Güneştekin’s first solo exhibition with the gallery since 2013.

2. “Beatriz Santiago Muñoz: A Universe of Fragile Mirrors” at El Museo del BarrioThe multidisciplinary artist had a big debut at the New Museum last year, and her highly anticipated solo at El Museo will feature eight films and two “audio field recordings” reflecting, as the press release notes, “Santiago Muñoz’s own interpretation of the realities in Haiti and Puerto Rico.”

In addition to her videos, the artist has also curated a selection of works from El Museo’s collection, which will be on view later this month. The show acts as a teaser to her contribution to the Whitney Biennial this March, where she is one of two Puerto Rican artists, among 63 participants, included in the exhibition.

4. “Portia Munson: The Garden” at P.P.O.W.Portia Munson has transformed a woman’s bedroom by covering every surface with a colorful array of stuffed animals, flowered dresses, and other consumer objects for her installation The Garden at P.P.O.W. According to the gallery statement Munson “is interested in the way the manmade invades nature” and “bursts with life and beauty, suggestive of fertility, sexuality, and rebirth, and at the same time is suffocating, dark, and funereal.”

5. “Sid Grossman” at Howard Greenberg GallerySid Grossman died at just 42 in 1955, but the cofounder of New York photography cooperative the Photo League had a lasting impact on the field, influencing many of the street photographers who followed after him.

“Grossman’s vision of creative photography changed the lives of many around him and resulted in a body of work of major historical importance,” wrote photo historian Keith F. Davis in a new monograph timed to be released with the show.

The exhibition, the artist’s first solo show in 30 years, features 35 works, including street photography of Chelsea, Little Italy, and Coney Island, and images taken by Grossman for the US Army in Central America during World War II.

7. “Kader Attia: Reason’s Oxymorons” at Lehmann MaupinThe New York debut of Kader Attia’s multimedia contribution to the Biennale de Lyon in 2015, “Reason’s Oxymorons” presents a “video library” of 18 interviews presented in office cubicles. The interviews feature ethnographers, psychiatrists, and theorists discussing topics such as “Genocide” and “Reason and Politics.” The resulting observations reflect on the West’s antiseptic touch in dealing with its current troika of humanitarian dilemmas: immigration, assimilation, and the refugee crisis.

Andrew Lichtenstein, Squatters attempt to defend their building from an expected atttack by the police on East 13th Street by blocking the street with overturned cars and trash. (1995). Courtesy of the Bronx Documentary Center.

9. Yuri Ancarani’s IL CAPOon the High LineItalian filmaker Yuri Ancarani’s 2010 documentary, which debuted last week and continues through March 8, follows the foreman of a marble quarry in the Carrara region of the Apuan Alps in Italy as he skillfully directs operators of massive machinery as they extract marble, with the majestic Italian Alps of Apuane serving as the backdrop. The 15-minute film juxtaposes the ear-splitting noise and danger of the quarry activity with the delicate hand gestures of il capo.

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